Alfredo Colitto Knihy

A brilliant thriller to rival CJ SANSOM and RORY CLEMENTSIn 14th-century Italy, Mondino is a university anatomist - a man of science in a land governed by the brutal Inquisition.

Mickey Haller dostal z väzenia nespravodlivo odsúdeného, ktorého našla Ballardová pri vyšetrovaní sériového vraha. Tento úspech mu priniesol nielen slávu a peniaze, ale aj chuť pomáhať nevinným vo väzení. Zamestnal svojho nevlastného brata Harryho Boscha ako šoféra a poveril ho, aby "hľadal ihlu v kope sena“, čiže preveroval listy, ktoré Hallerovi posielajú údajne nespravodlivo odsúdení väzni. A on potom zapojí všetky svoje profesionálne zručnosti, aby ich dostal z pekla väznice na cestu späť do normálneho života.

Harry Bosch sa na sklonku kariéry vracia k svojej „bielej veľrybe" - nedoriešenému prípadu, ktorý ho stále máta. Musí nájsť a potrestať vraha, ktorý pre peniaze vyvraždil rodinu s dvoma deťmi. No aby to dosiahol, musí sa pokúsiť zachrániť čerstvo obnovené oddelenie neuzavretých prípadov, ktoré stojí a padá na odhalení toho, kto zabil sestru vplyvného mestského politika. Obe rodiny potrebujú satisfakciu, Bosch to teda nesmie vzdať. Musí byť húževnatý ako „púštna hviezda", kvet, ktorý rastie na hrobe štvorice obetí v Mohavskej púšti a nezabije ho ani sucho, ani horúčavy, ani nočný mráz.

Bologna soll brennen … Bologna im Herbst 1312: Mondino de‘ Liuzzi, Medicus und Anatom, wird vom Bürgermeister mit der Aufklärung eines seltsamen Todesfalls beauftragt: Ein Mitglied des Ältestenrats wurde völlig verkohlt in seinem Haus gefunden. Doch im Zimmer, in dem sich die Leiche befindet, deutet nichts auf einen Brand hin. Mondino bringt die sterblichen Überreste in seinen Sezierraum, um sie zu untersuchen. An einem Arm des Toten entdeckt er eine Tätowierung: ein Monster mit Flügeln und einem Löwenkopf, dessen Körper von einer Schlange umringt wird. Wenig später wird ein Franziskanermönch im Bordellviertel tot aufgefunden. In seiner Tasche findet man eine Zeichnung, die der Tätowierung auf dem Arm der ersten Leiche sehr ähnelt. Gemeinsam mit dem ehemaligen Templer Gerardo del Castelbretone kommt Mondino einer Sekte auf die Spur, die dem Gott der Sonne und des Feuers Mithra huldigt – und die eine ungeheuerliche Verschwörung plant …

In Savages, Don Winslow introduced Ben and Chon, twenty-something best friends who risk everything to save the girl they both love, O. Among the most celebrated thrillers in recent memory—and now a major motion picture directed by Academy Award–winning filmmaker Oliver Stone—Savages was picked as a best book of the year by Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly, Janet Maslin in The New York Times, and Sarah Weinman in the Los Angeles Times. Now, in this high-octane prequel, Winslow reaches back in time to tell the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are. Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, The Kings of Cool is a breathtakingly original saga of family in all its forms—fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. As the trio at the center of the book does battle with a cabal of drug dealers and crooked cops, they come to learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents’ history. A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning showdown that will force Ben, Chon, and O to choose between their real families and their loyalty to one another. Fast-paced, provocative, and wickedly funny, The Kings of Cool is a spellbinding love story for our times from a master novelist at the height of his powers. It is filled with Winslow’s trademark talents—complex characters, sharp dialogue, blistering social commentary—that have earned him an obsessive following. The result is a book that will echo in your mind and heart long after you’ve turned the last page.

Once a cop. Ex-NYPD detective Dave Gurney is supposed to be retired. But people with problems keep knocking on his door. Like the police, who are baffled by a gruesome murder they just can't seem to solve. A young bride has been killed in the middle of her own wedding reception. The prime suspect - her new husband's Mexican gardener - is missing.

Izba v plameňoch je jeho dvadsiaty siedmy román, v ktorom charizmatický detektív Hieronymus Bosch znovu dostane gangstrov tam, kam patria - za mreže. Harry sa už teší na dôchodok, no osud s ním má iné plány. Na stole si nájde zvláštny prípad vraždy. Vyšetrovanie sa začne až vo chvíli, keď na následky zranení umrie človek, ktorého pred desiatimi rokmi zranil neznámy strelec. Bosch zistí, že strela nevyšla z pištole, ale z pušky. To mení pôvodnú hypotézu o streľbe z auta, ktorou chcel miestny gang zastrašiť hudobníkov, čo neplatili výpalné. Vrásky na čele mu pridáva aj podozrenie, že za celým prípadom je opäť nebezpečné spojenie peňazí a politiky. Navyše mu šéf pridelil novú partnerku, na ktorej sa mu niečo nepozdáva. Keď ju prichytí pri kopírovaní spisov, policajtka vyjde s pravdou von - tak ako kedysi Harry, aj ona pracuje na prípade, čo s ňou priamo súvisí. Chce zistiť, kto založil požiar, pri ktorom zahynulo deväť ľudí - ona sama vyviazla iba zázrakom. A nebol by to Bosch, keby jej nepomohol.

Dave Gurney, pluridecorato poliziotto del NYPD ora in pensione, non rinuncia di tanto in tanto a interessarsi a qualche caso apparentemente senza soluzione - provocando le ire della moglie, che lo vorrebbe impegnato in attività meno rischiose. Ma ci sono tentazioni a cui è impossibile resistere, e per Gurney il pericolo è una di queste. Stavolta, è alle prese con l'omicidio di Carl Spalter, candidato al posto di governatore dello stato di New York, freddato mentre pronunciava il discorso funebre al funerale della madre. Omicidio per cui è stata ingiustamente condannata sua moglie una sentenza che appare chiaramente pilotata. Ma il caso è tutt'altro che chiuso e, come scoprirà ben presto Gurney, la posta in gioco tutt'altro che bassa: perché là fuori c'è il vero colpevole, qualcuno che, protetto dall'anonimato, è deciso a colpire ancora. E Gurney arriverà molto presto a seguirne le tracce, scoprendo un nemico diabolicamente intelligente, che viene da molto lontano, e ha un insolito soprannome: Peter Pan. Un assassino talmente scaltro che per il poliziotto l'unico modo per fermarlo sarà diventare il suo prossimo bersaglio.

Beginning his witness-protection job at a doughnut restaurant in the week before the 1980 presidential election, small-time thief Vince Camden finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a local politician's troubles.

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine head to Mexico to seek revenge for the murder of a beautiful young lady who had been involved with a Mexican mobster and who, along with her elderly father, had rescued them both from armed attackers.